Wardrobe trunk



Jan." 5, 1926 1,568,814

A. L. DUFF ET AL WARDROBE TRUNK Filed Feb. 9,- 1924 E VENTORS I 9 2? T 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I I I 1 1 1 I 1 I I I I 1 1 1 I w RNEY Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ALBERT L. nurr AND JAMES w. MATHESON, or BROOKLYN, new 2031!; sun nun AssIeNon 'ro SAID mn'rnason.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT L. DUFF and '-JAMEs W. MATHEsoN, both citizens of the Among the objects of the invention is to place on one side by' a vertical partition substantially midway between the two side walls of the trunk and having space on the opposite side of said partition for garments to be hung b any suitable hanger mechanism and having at the bottom of the structure storage space for shoes or other similar commodities.

Another object of the invention isto provide a pair of companion swinging doors for the trunk one of which is adapted to be held locked shut independent of the other door and so serving to hold the drawers locked shut, the other door being adapted to Ogen to give access to the hanger space w by the first mentioned door.

A still further .object of the invention is to provide specially constructed reinforced door devices designed for stilfness and also I to insure weather-tight joints.

While this specification is in the main divisional as to our present pending application Serial No. 528,252, filed J alnuary 10th, 1922, there a are several detail features of construction of the trunk body or shell not included in the parent ap lication.

With the foregoing an other objects in view the invention-consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described'and claimed, and while the invention is'not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in whichile the drawers may remain locked shut Application filed February a. 1924. Serial No. 691,540.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of our improved trunk, the doors being swungopen.

. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional detail of the front portion of the trunk on about the level of the lock mechanismone door being shut and the other oen.

Fig. 3 1s a vertical sectional detail on about the line 33 of Fig. 2, .but with'the door shut. I

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, but with the door shut.

.Referring now more specifically to the drawings we show our improved construction as COIIIPI'lSlIlg a top 10, a bottom 11, a rear wall 12, slde walls 13 and 14, a partit on 15 1ntermediate of and parallel to the side walls 13 and 14, and a pair of doors 16 and 17 hinged to the respective side walls and adapted to close toward each other and ad ace nt to the front edge of the artition. The hinges for these doors are in icated at 18 and the respective axes of the hinges lie along the fro nt vertical edges of the side walls and 1n a plane to the rear of the front edge of the partition aforesaid. In other the v side extension 19 to whichit is rigidly fixed along the top edge of the door to the free edge thereof. Thus-is provided an ex ceedingly strong rigid door structure, the

same constituting a corner for the trunk when the door is closed. The space. between the partition and the right side wall 13- is intended for the hanging of garments by suitable interior mechanism, the subject matter of the above mentioned copending application and hence not shown herein, and at the left side of the partition are shown a vertical series of drawers 21 any one of which may be drawn forward when the door 17 is open. The peculiar construction of the doors aforesaid increases the clearance or accessibility to the drawers and other interior devices when they are open. As will be plain from the drawings when the door 17 is shut and fastened the drawers are locked shut, although the-space at the right side of thepartition may be open for any desired purpose.

The base portion or section of the trunk, that portion below the plane of the doors. is indicated at 22 and it is wider in extent than any other portion of the trunk whereby a firmer support is afforded when the trunk is in erect position. This base portion coinprises storage space or spaces on opposite .sides of the partition for shoes or other heavier objects, and as indicated such spaces are closed normally by cover plates 23. cither or both of which may be drawn forward over the front panel of the base 22 when the corresponding doors are open, but these plates or slides are locked shut by the respective doors when closed. Access to the compartment at the left side beneath the lowermost drawer is not quite so accessible as the other, but access is had by pulling forward. the lowermost drawer.

At 24 is shown a panel constituting an extension from the top 10 forward within the door 17, the front edge of the panel projecting forward about as far as the forward extension of the base 22. The top panel 20 of the door 17 closes over the forward projection of the panel 24 and makes a tight joint therewith along the top of the trunk. Snow or rain furthermore is positively excluded by means of a batten strip 25 or valance carried by the door. At 26 is indicated a valance carried by the outside of each door extension 19, the free edge of such strip passing inward and overlapping the joint or crack adjacent to the hinge line when the door is shut. (See Fig. 3.) The door 16, furthermore, carries a vertical valance 27 along its free edge which overlaps the adjacent edge of the door 17 when shut. Similar valances 28 extend downward from the bottoms of the doors to overlap the joint or crack between the doors and the bottom or base panel 22. The front corner portions of the body of the trunk are stiffened or reinforced by strong metal rods 29 which extend upward from the front corners of the base to the forwardly projecting portions of the top, said rods coming directly within the re-entrant angles of the doors when the doors are shut. The bar or rod 29 at the left side is,so arranged as not to obstruct the movement of the drawers.

Any suitable means may be provided to lock the doors shut. For this purpose we show a hasp 30 pivotally attached at 31 to the inside of the door 17 and adapted to interlock into a lock casing 32 carried by the partition and controlled by a key in a. well known manner. By this means this door is adapted to be locked shut independent of the door 16. When both doors are shut a latch 33 carried by one door is adapted to interlock in a socket 34 formed in the other door.

We claim:

1. The herein described wardrobe trunk comprising a body having a base section for storage, side walls at the sides of the base section, a partition intermediate of and parallel to the side walls and extending forward to the front of the base, a space being provided between the partition and one of the walls for the hanging of garments, a

vertical series of movable containers located between the partition and the other wall, the side walls being narrower than the partition from front to rear, and a pair of doors hinged to the side walls entirely above the base section and co-operating with each other at the front edge of the partition, one of the doors serving thus to hold said movable containers in closed position while access is provided to the garment hanging space, the doors being provided with side extensions corresponding to the difference in width between the side walls and the partition.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination of a base, two side walls, a partition between and parallel to the side walls, the partition being as wide as the depth of the base from front to rear while the side walls are narrower than the partition, a pair of doors mounted to swing on vertical axes at the 'front edges of the side walls, each door including a side extension adjacent to the hinge line and constituting a closure for the adjacent side wall when the door is shut while the main portion of the door lies in the vertical plane of the front of the base. and fasteners for the respective doors.

3. In a trunk of the class set forth, the combination of a base section, side walls, a

top, doors hinged to the front edges of the no side walls above the base section, and reinforcing rods extending vertically at the'front corners between the base section and the top.

4. A structure as set forth in claim 3 in which the doors are of angular construction in horizontal section and the rods are located in the angles when the doors are shut.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

ALBERT L. DUFF. JAMES W. MATHESON. 

